Vocabulary

• basically: Used before you explain something simply, clearly
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• consider: To think carefully about something
• distract: To draw someone's attention away from something
• current: Electricity flowing through wires
• territory: Area of land defended by an animal
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• relationship: Connection between two or more people or things
• influence: To affect or change something indirectly
• shift: To change in position or direction
• military: Army or armed forces
• collapse: To fold (e.g. a stroller) down to make it smaller
• remain: To be left behind; to continue to exist
• direction: When someone tells people what to do
• region: Part of a country, of the world, area, etc.
• attention: Taking notice of someone or something
• security: Department in a company in charge of protection
• rest: Time when one relaxes, sleeps, or is inactive
• lead: Wire for electricity, computer, etc.; cable
• provide: To make available; to supply for use
• trade: A specific industry, e.g. shoe making
• leave: To go away from; depart
• strategic: Concerned with strategy; well thought out
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• border: To be right next to another country or state
• sign: Indication that something exists or will happen
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• president: Person in charge of a country, or organization
• partially: In part; in some degree; not wholly
• act: To behave in a certain way
• build: Your physical shape; physique
• summit: Official meeting(s) of the leaders of countries
• corridor: Passageway between rooms in a buildings
• middle: Place that is halfway between two things
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• empire: Group of countries controlled by one government
• diversify: To make or become more varied
• start: First time or place that a thing exists; beginning
• treaty: An agreement between nations
• bilateral: Involving two groups of people or two countries
• periphery: Far edge of something
• geopolitical: Concerning geopolitics
• broker: Person who acts to buy or sell shares in companies
• economically: In an efficient manner
• membership: Being a member of a group; joining a group
• turkey: Edible bird resembling a large chicken
• dependence: Relying on someone for (e.g. financial) support
• airport: A place where passenger planes land and take off